Astoria power plant nixed, Crown Heights tenants push back, & more

By Emily Myers | October 28, 2021 - 10:30AM

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation rejects the permit for a proposed power plant in Astoria (The City)

A group of tenants in Crown Heights are pushing back against their landlord's second attempt to evict tenants and deregulate apartments (press release)

The New York attorney general joins calls on NYC to halt and reform tax lien sales (City Limits)

A critical hearing could establish a homeless shelter at the former Namm department store, a landmarked building in Downtown Brooklyn (Brooklyn Eagle)

Co-working startups bet on the suburbs, where workers want office space close to home, without a long commute (The New York Times)

Thirty percent of Americans would live in a house with ghosts if it means landing their dream property (New York Post)

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Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California.

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